The Sun. — London, England, 1818-03-18 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS. DEAL, MARCH 7.—Wind W.—Came down from the River, the Alacrity, Finlay, for the Cape of Good Hope; Mar chioness of Ely, Kay, for Bengal ;• Mangles, Bunn, for St. ITelena and the Cape, the Asia, Rowland, for Havannah ; and rewai❑ in the Downs with the rest of the outward bound, as per last. Poirrsmourit, MAticir 17.—Wind W.—Arrived the Mary Ann, Bond, from Waterford for London; and his Majesty's ships Prothetheus and Tiber from a cruise. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 16.—Wind N. by W.—Came in the Mary, Ashford, from Oporto to Liverpool, with loss of bow sprit and bulwarks ; and the Lapwing cutter, from a cruise. LIVERPOOL, MARC 6.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Flying Fish, Thompson, with the cargo of the Goree packet, front Gibraltar ; John and Robert, Donaldson, from St. John's, N. 8.; and the Caledonia, Watson, from Lisbon. • ,Yesterday the Duke and Duchess of Gtou- CESTEII gave a grand dinner to the PRINCE RE GENT, the Prince of HESSE HOMBERG, pnd seve ral of the Cabinet and Foreign Illini4ters and their Ladies, PRIVATE AND AUTHENTIC CORRESPONDENCE, MAILS. AaatVEn-2 Walerford Dug-1 Dnl)lin,2 Gizertriey and . . • Jersey, 2Guttenh9rgh.„ Lisbon, Harnburgh. PitICV, 0 STOCKS. - • ruts A T r F. Lv It per . Cent,,Cons....7Si 771, 7q V3‘.165.135. pr. S rieT Cent. Ann.... I Q5Ol Ditto, 2id.; .13s- I Ss. 145. pr. India 91s. pr. t;uns. fur Account. ' New . , HIGH WATER AT LONI(3N BRtDGE TC).IIIORROW. ?doming, 2 minutes after 12. j Evening, 23 minutes after 12. THE SUN. IMAM 4Vis niCERE FAGsVM AUDEAT LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1818. The Paris Papers of Sunday last, 'which were -due this morning, have not come to hand. We have inserted the Letter from our Corre spondent in Paris 'as we received it, for though we may differ in some points with him, we're ,apect the purity of his motives, and the soundness of his judgment, too much to take the liberty of suppressing any part of his communications, par ticularly as his opportunity for information gives additional weight to his opinions. We have not room frt present for expressing all we think and fear respecting the new French Army. He ad , mks that a considerable part of them must be veterans. They have been inured to plunder and tnvatcre. How are other parts of the new Army - to be secured from contagion ? Who can keep these veterans in order but revolutionary Officers, and who can tell to what purpose the latter may direct them ? That France should have a defen sive Army we admit, but the security of Europe will not depend on its compo3ition and character so much as on the natural alarm and military posture of the other Powers of Europe. It is with very great pleasure that we feel our . selves justified- in contradicting the rumours which have lately been prevalent, importing that the Earl of Livettpoor. about to resign the. high Office which he so ably supports, for the purpose of going abroad on a,domestic occasion. We are sure that we shall gratify all who are attached to the honour and interest of the Country, when we do not hesitate in declaring _our conviction that . this rumour is wholly destitute of foundation. We • consider the Earl of LtveaPoot, as one of the chief = ••• props of our Constittition in Church and State. He is tl;e legitimate descendant .of the. immortal PITT is political grounds, and we look with con fidence to his-Lordship for a determined resista-ce • of any farther Cpncessions to POPERY, which en joys all that .can safely be granted, and which, possessing a full RELIGIOUS TOLERATION, can now have, nothing in view but POLITICAL ;Again, then, we feel great pleasure in ex pressing our full conviction that the Empire is in •••• • no danger of losing the services of a Nobleman who is above all the impuhes of vulgar selfish , ambition, and who is obviously actuated by no • principles but such as essentially tend to uphold the honour and interest of the State, and preserve the general •peace and security of Europe. The dressing which Lord FOLKESTONE received in the House of Com►nons last night, for having attacked the Judge as well as Jury, because the .decision was against him on a late trial, will, we -- hnpe, be a lesson to him. It may fairly be asked of this great Reformer why, in visiting gaols, he is solicitous for the conatort of suspected Rebels and Traitors, and . never spends his humanity on inferior Culprits or unfortunate Debtors ? It may be asked of hire also what he had to say to such 'suspected Rebels and Traitors ? But as a Disso• lution is near at hand, we hope that similar in quiries will be proposed to the whole of his Party, and as they certainly can give no satisfactory an swer, we trust that they will never again have a senatorial existence. PSTiTtc)Ns.—lt is one of the humiliating cha racteristics of certain Opposition Members, that they are uniformly sought by the disaffected to be the channels for presenting their offensive Peti tions to the House of Commons. None but the more violent are chosen for such occasions, for every member who feels the dignity of his situa tion as a Representative' of 'the People in the -Great Council of the Empire, would not so far -insult the Legislative Body. We would advise Lord FOLKESTONE; Sit FRANCIS BURDETT, Mr. LvJeToN, Citizen Wool), &c. &q. to reflect on this disgraceful preference. It is very evident that there are Agents from lIERNADoTTE in this COuntry, who are employed on the purpose of preparing the way for his ad- Mission to an equality with the legitimate Mo narchs of Europe. The manner in which the vtictes relating to him are inserted in our Public JoUrn4h, affords strong presumptive proof thatthOr are 'laid tor, as the internal evidence evinces un equivocally that they are artful fabrications. .Aefore . it is possible for intelligence to have r4Cireit this Country of the proceedings in Sweden, tho'-._ proceedings are accurately de; • tailed, an evident proof that the Writer's have re ceived their lessou. BERNADOTTE was educated in the School of Jacobin subtlety, and that even exceeds the subtlety of the Jesuits. It is siid that Baron MANNERHEIM, Attorney-General to the Diet, has submitted to the EQUESTRIAN ORDER a proposition for formally deposing the Ex-King GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS from the Swedish Throne, and it is added that no intelligence has yet arrived to shew how this suggestion has been received, nor whether any consequent Reso lution was likely to be adopted. It is said also, that such a solemn act of depos3l is ne cessary to be declared by the competent au thority, as a smithy for the rigbts of the reign ing Sovereign. We most heartily wish that such a proposition has been made, and that such a so lemn act is necessary to ratify Usurpation ; for we cannot but hope that there may be some vir tue, and some sense of dignity, in the &was- . 'IRIAN ORDER, which may induce them to reflect on the iojustice and,, injury which have fallen on GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS, for having supported the honour of his Country in ,a resolute resistance of those principles which are calculated to overturn all Governments ; and if the same conduct had been pursued in a firm and vigorous co-operation on the part of all the other European Sovereigns, France would soon have been prevented from disturbing the tranquillity of all other States.•--- We repeat our opinion, that if BERNADOTTE is permitted quietly to 'occupy the Throne of Swe den, such a jeplorable fact will give a deep stab to Monarchy, from which it never can recover. We hope that the Equestrian Order of Sweden will feel that the ebaracter of their Country is concerned in restoring their injured Sovereign to the Throne of his ancestors. We are persuaded that if the voice of the people of Sweden were to be heard it would be loudly raised against the in trusion of a low-born Foreigner, who was the vassal of the greatest, most ambitious, bloody, and perfidious, Monster that ever trampled upon all laws human and divine, and that if their lawful Monarch were permitted to return they would hail him universally with shouts of joy, and that his restoration would be a popular Jubilee in the highest degree gratifying to all connected with it. But to prove that the articles in favour of BERNA. poira are manufactured by Agents in this Coun try, as well as in others, to prepare mankind for his easy access to a Throne, as if it were a matter of course, and founded on legitimate pretensions, it is said that " the new King has already been duly recognized by most of the Sovereigns of Europe." We deny this assertion, because it is impossible to know at present how the new King, a 3 he is called, but the revolutionary Usurper, in reality, will be received even by Sweden, and consequently the Sovereigns of Europe would not hazard their character by such disgraceful precipi tation, particularly if the proposition in question has actually been submitted to the EQUESTRIAN ORDER. It has been asserted that the British Government has already sent new credentials to our Ambassador, recognizing the Usurper ! Inati the British Government that so resolutely supported the cause of legitimacy, and by its per severance roused other States into such a vigorous co-operation as restored peace and safety to Europe, disgrace itself by being the first to re cognize the usurpation of an Upstart front the lowest ranks of Society, and the former tool of an atrocious Tyrant, whom he at last deserted from selfish motives ! It is impossible that such a de grading prostration of national dignity can have taken place, and it must have been circulated either by the Agents of the Interloper or by the Enemies of Ministry, to bring disgraceopon their character and infamy on their measures. We wait with no slight degree of anxiety for the next intelligence from Sweden. PARIS,AT-ARCH 2.--.:Tite law on the Recruiting of the Army- has passed the Chamber of Peers; its faults and its excellencies have been warmly dis cussed ; its advocates have viewed in it the salva tion of France ; its enemies have discovered in it nothing but the elements of national ruin ; truth lies between ; the friends and enemies of the mea sure. have made it too much a party question, and have never considered the subject generally, not only as it concerns France particularly, but Europe generally; this we will essay to do as far as the limits of an article will permit. We will not put as an hypothesis the necessity of France having an army; the Allies have declared solemn ly, that " it was necessary for the balance of power that France should be free, great, and powerful." if so, she must of necessity have an army, to cause her freedom to be respected. A standing army, and a very considerable one, has been deemed necessary in England, whose fron . - tiers are invulnerable. In France, with her im mense land frontier, it is as necessary as to have locks on the doors of the houses. The time is not come when swords are turned into plough shares, and spears into pruning-hooks and when the lion and the lamb lie down together. And as all Europe recognizes the necessity of standing armies, it follow s a priori that France must have one too, not for aggression, but for self-defence, and that not merely against foreign enemies, but against those in her own bosom. The elements of discord have not yet subsided, and without a moderate standing army dispersed over the Provinces, the stability of the Govern ment, in which all Europe is interested, can never be secured under this point of view ; therefore it would have been the policy of Europe to demand that France . should organize an army to de fend her against aggressions from without and commotions from - within. But say the enemies of the, measure,—" Of what ele ments is the Army to be composed ?—Why, of those which have carried fire and sword, . and spread desolation over Europe." We would an swer, that the position is incorrect, the Army is to be composed principally of those who have never borne arms, and, secondarily, of veterans. It is against this latter class that all the clamour and accusations are directed. To avoid discussions I will admit that they have committed all the ra vages of which they are accused ; yet they are no more to be accused as the cause of them than the sword or bayonet with which the thing was effect ed. A soldier is a mere machine, he implicitly obeys the commands of his officers, and ,the offi cers those of the Commander-in-Chief : to whom alone all the crimes and excesses are imputable ; for a soldier knows no duty but obedience. As to the constitution of the French Army thus accused, without pretending to be its advocates, we might easily show thatits moral composition is far superior to our own; it was composed of young men, taken indiscriminately from all classes; thou sands and hundreds of thousands of young men, of family and fortune, were obliged to march in the ranks of the Army, and carry a firelock ; and it would be too much to suppose an-army so constituted, more brutal and savage, or more fond of pillage, than an army composed of the scum of society, whose only vocation is a hatred of indus try and the honest and honourable means of ob taining a livelihood, or who escape the infamy of punishment by consenting to enlist. Where stands the youth whose crimes have stamped him soldier ?" says SHERIDAN in The Critic. Such, yea such is the composition - of the British army ; and if it have not committed all the excesses of which the French army is accused, it is well known that it is only owing to the strictness of discipline. Let us not. then boast of the superior morality of our own troops, the very idea of dis banding which makes the whole nation tremble; for whenever an army is disbanded in England, it is al ways followed byintmerous robberies and 'murders. Let us now turn to those whom the new law re organizes. 'ln 1815, 200,000 were disbanded, the greater part of them without house •or home, or means of subsistence. Yet what robberies, what murders have been the result ? Why, in two years and a half there has not, in a population of 28 millions, been committed twenty robberies or murders by 200,000 disbanded troops. This proves more in favour of their individual morality than all that can be said against it. We will now consider the re-organization of this force so much dreaded. Is it for conquest ? No,—is it even for active service in case of a war No, what is it intended for then ? Why, to defend the fron tiers in case of attack, and preserve domestic peace; it is to all intents and.purposes an English Militia, established• on the same principles and with the same views; it is indeed more efficiently composed to answer the purpose, being formed of those whose efforts have been often crowned by vic tory, but who are fati . gued with war, and desire to . pass,the remainder :off their days in peace, ow less the country in danger again calls them 1° • ,- arms. And so fixed and liMited is the service de' mantled of them, that it would require a regula r law, passed by the Iwo Chambers; to compel theu l to pass the frontiers; they are therefore to all il l ' tents and purposes a regular Militia,,and nothi4 more. We need not add another line to refill s the idle tears and alarm spread by those who fancy them the elements of a force destined t° overrun Europe; the .very idea is en injurious calumny against the King who alone could orde r it, and whose pacific dispositions even his enemie s dare not pretend to deny. To conclude, highly to the interest of England that Franc ° should have an Army to maintain her indeper o ence. Russia is making rapid strides towards the west of Europe, she has seized Finland and P°' land without any other right *than :that of tb ° strongest, and who will say : that when o pportil' nity serves to seize on Sweden, that she will not do it ? She has robbed Persia of its fine' s provinces. And she has paid An .Englishma n for an account the best be .could giie of India and the East Ittttisi Company. --R"' sia is now the friend, but slie - may soon be tb . enemy of England. We know her desire to leile her savage hordes farther west. Prussia is bet' tool, and France alone will be able to. oppose 80 efficient barrier to her prOgresS. As. to Austri" if we may augur from the heartfelt joy she ex' pressed on the marriage of NAPOLEON With t" Archduchess; she can give no security of her tzne• at a later period, wishing:again to unite the t 0.4 states; and we have a tight to suppose that b' strengthening herself on the side of Italy is without a motive, which time will develope... Hence, under every point of view, the new law a salutary one, and specially merits. tits fasi - •L' and approbation of England. ... POLAR EXP E DITION, FOR THE St7N. • . MR. EDITOR,—With many thanks for ready insertion of my observations on a possibt Error on . the apprOach tar - the Pole, I yespesa again on you with an additional hint upon th at subject—namely, that, under certain circumstance , even without such a dialplate as I have suggested, • • the absolute time at Greenwich May be aster• tained by . a Dinar distance from the sun,provid ea the moan shall be within the calculated Aistance a l and so far in her ascending nodeits - t4a be visibl y at the Pole; provided also that no atutOsPber ic ‘ i phenomena prevent the observation,. Let the Observer take the rough distance in b is sextant, and with that distance enter the Lunar Tables, when the tabular — cliitance nearest to it will she w i.a ,what part 'of :the astrontinsicdi c is / that observation was` Made ; which, turned into GreenwiCh time, will point out the relati - ce Value of the ensuing T w EL , upon the common dial. plate. As the moon moves one minute of a degree iia her orbit in four minutes of time, the distific e ' I taken carefully, will tw i t require correction i tif dip, refraction, or parallax, particularly th e two heavenly bodies will be of equal.altliude g ; but this mode, alone, must not =be depended ()•-; as the observation may, perhaps, be impracti 44 ble at the precise moment , when it is ivanted• Your's, 'r' IGNQ~~~ THE CORN-MA4KM CORN-EXCHANGE, MARCH 18.—We Itad .a f fresh Arrivals this morning with Wheat hod) 9.11 „. 40 sex and Kent, fine sampl es . of which sold at Me" (lay's prices, but ordinary were dull; Fine Bald 0 0 and Oats support their price's ; in Pease and. Po' there is no alteration. Foreign Wheat -50 s. 545, Fine ditto - - 955. 107 s. English Wheat - sos. 545. Fine ditto - - -88 s. 925. Old ditto - - -12 S. 102 s. Rye Fine ditto - - - 4Ss. —s. Barley - - - - 393. ;Ws. Fine ditto - - 445. —s. New ditto - - - 555. —s. Malt Fine ditto - - -80 s. 82s. WhitePease (boilers) 50s. 58s. Fine ditto - - - GOs. —s. Grey Pease - - 32.5. 110. Fine Grey Pease .. 445. 4- Tick Beans - - 40 , 49 4 ' Old ditto - - 5 45: ms s , Small Tick Beans .445.• 6 r Old ditto - , Feed Oats - - - Fine ditto - - - 264. 4 1 : - Poland ditto - _ vs, 905' Fine ding, - - 30.4. $ 5. Potatoe ditto - 345. 4 15 :, Rape Seed 481. 541. per l a m , Fine Flour - 755. 0 :: Seconds - . -os • Yesterday the Duke of York transacted 'a ary business with the PRINCE REGENT. • _ • The first stone of Wellington Bridge, near tbil place, was laid by B. GOTT, Esq. on Thorsda7 last. Coins were deposited as usual ; and afar the ceremony, t en S overe i gns were g i ve n to ht workmen, to regale themselves.. The bridge }S to be of one arch, f rom th e d es i gn o f P, ll.- REN N Li, EV.l.—(Leeds Intelligencer, March i6 ' ) f The Earl of C ARLISLE ' S G ame -k eepe r detec t ed , a gang- of poachers, the other •night, under following extraordinary circumstances Or - at some distance attracted the gatnekeefers' to lion ; they followed the light, and it prove" be in a lan ern lied to the head of a set when the d og se t, t h e poac h ers d rew t h e ir net ter' to the light, and themselves inlo the custody of their vigilant pursuers.—(ltid.) .